The snake shows no mercy to its given target, and the scales wrap around pliant flesh and skin unlike the former, who is inatimate; a mere puppet.
Its mouth opens to reveal a red interior, decorated by two ivory fangs and a forked tongue and beyond that, a black tunnel, stretching on seemingly into nothingness.
pupils dilate, observing the tender curve of the ear, before the tongue curls and warps, a sort of hissy sound escaping the cavern..
"Take a bite of the apple."